Page 6: Historical Events In January - 01

1844  On this day in history 1st edition of New Rotterdam's Daily (3x per week)   

1845  On this day in history the Cobble Hill Tunnel in Brooklyn is completed.   

1846  Yucatan declares independence from México on this day in history.   

1846  Yucatan declares independence from Mexico on this day in history.   

1846  On January - 01 nikola Pasic, Serbian nationalist/premier (1891..1926)   

1847  Michigan is first state to abolish capital punishment on January - 01.   

1847  On this day in history netherlands Haarlem's Current newspaper starts publishing   

1847  On January - 01 michigan is 1st state to abolish capital punishment   

1848  Britain takes Mosquito Coast from Nicaragua on this day in history.   

1850  On January - 01 raphael G Kiesewetter, Austria musicologist, dies at 76   

1851  On January - 01 city of Glasgow steamer inaugurates Philadelphia-Liverpool line   

1852  On this day in history netherlands begins issuing postage stamps   

1852  The first US public bath opens in New York City NY on January - 01.   

1852  1st US public bath opens, in NYC on January - 01.   

1853  On January - 01 the first practical fire engine (horse-drawn) in US enters service   

1853  1st practical fire engine (horse-drawn) in US enters service on this day in history.   

1853  On January - 01 hans Koessler, composer   

1854  On January - 01 lincoln University, a black college, chartered (Oxford PA)   

1854  Lincoln University, a black college, chartered (Oxford, Penn) on this day in history.   

1854  On this day in history james Frazer, Britain, anthropologist/author (The Golden Bough)   

1858  Canada begins using decimal currency system on this day in history.   

1860  On January - 01 slavery ends of in Netherlands Indies   

1860  On this day in history slavery ends of in Neth Indies   

1861  Porfirio Diaz conquers Mexico City on January - 01.   

1861  President Lincoln declares slavery in Confederate states unlawful on January - 01.   

1862  On January - 01 battle of Fort McRee FL, Battle of Port Royal SC (Port Royal Ferry)   

1862  The first US income tax (3% of incomes > $600, 5% of incomes > $10,000) on January - 01.   

1862  US income tax goes into effect (3% of incomes > $600,% of incomes > $10,000) on January - 01.   

1862  1st US income tax (3% of incomes > $600, 5% of incomes > $10,000) on January - 01.   

1862  On January - 01 snitz Edwards, Hungary, actor (College, Phantom of the Opera)   

1863  On January - 01 battle of Galveston, TX - Confederates recapture the city   

1863  On this day in history battle of Helena AK   

1863  Emancipation Proclamation (ending slavery) issued by Lincoln on January - 01.   

1863  The birth of Baron Pierre de Coubertin, founder of the modern olympics on January - 01.   

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0766  On January - 01 birth of ali al-Rida, Shia Imam (d. 818)   

1387  On January - 01 birth of charles, The Angry One, king of Navarra (1349-87)   

1431  Alexander VI [Rodrigo Borgia], Spanish/Italian pope (1492-1503) was born on January - 01.   

1449  On January - 01 birth of lorenzo de'Medici, [The Magnificent] of Florence   

1449  Lorenzo de' Medici, Italian statesman (d. 1492) was born on January - 01.   

1467  On January - 01 birth of sigismund I, the old, king of Poland   

1481  On January - 01 birth of huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant reformer   

1484  On this day in history birth of huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant leader (d. 1531)   

0379  Basilius the Great, of Caesarea, saint (Moralia), dies on January - 01.   

0404  Death of Telemachus, Roman monk, murdered on this day in history.   

0898  Odo, earl of Paris/king of France (888-98), dies at about 39 on this day in history.   

0962  Boudouin III, count of Flanders, dies on this day in history.   

1204  On this day in history death of king Haakon III of Norway (c. 1170)   

1387  On this day in history karel de Boze, king of Navarra (1349-87), dies   

1502  On this day in history gregorius XIII, [Ugo Buoncampagni], Italy, pope (1572-85), dies   

1515  On January - 01 louis XII, "the Justified" king of France (1498-1515), dies at 52